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Carville
Hamlet
The community is renamed "Carville"1909
Founded byLouis Arthur Carville
Population
 • Total700
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Zip code
70721

Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel, and is located in Iberville Parish in located in southern Louisiana, sixteen miles south of the capital city of Baton Rouge, on the Mississippi River.[1]

The childhood home of famed political consultant James Carville, the area was named for his grandfather, Louis Arthur Carville, a postmaster, in 1909, to differentiate the area, formerly called "Island" from the many other places in Lousiana with that name.[2] "In 1917, On February 3rd, Senate Bill number 4086, an act to establish a National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, is passed by the US Senate." That marked the start of Carville's nearly sixty-five-year history as the only place in America to treat leprosy until outpatient treatment became viable in 1981.[3] Nowadays, that legacy is celebrated at the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, which educates visitors about the condition.[4]

Carville National Leprosarium

See also: Leprosy in Louisiana and Carville Historic District

The United States Public Health Service hospital named "Carville National Leprosarium," treated leprosy.[5][6] The hospital is long since closed, but several of the buildings remain.

This former hospital site has been known as the Gillis W. Long Center since 1986, named for the late U.S. Representative Gillis William Long, a Democrat from Louisiana's 8th congressional district.[6] It is operated by the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the facility now includes the National Hansen’s Disease Museum.[6]

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  1. ^ "About the City of St. Gabriel". St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ "Carville, LA - Places.US.Com". Places. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  3. ^ "History of the National Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Program | HRSA". www.hrsa.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ^ Carville, Carville Hansen's Disease Museum 5445 Point Clair Rd; Maps, LA 70721 See map: Google. "Carville Hansen's Disease Museum". St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Retrieved 2024-02-08. ((cite web)): |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ B., C.; Beaty, J. K. (1950-03-05). "Spring Tours By Car and Boat Through Louisiana". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  6. ^ a b c Leighninger, Robert (January 5, 2011). "Carville National Leprosarium". 64 Parishes. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2022-01-20.

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